Halt is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like stop or arrest. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Halt in a sentence
Related words
Halt meaning
- To limp; move with a limping gait.
- To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
Synonyms of Halt
Using Halt
- The main meaning on this page is: To limp; move with a limping gait. | To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. | To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- Useful related words include: stop, arrest, check, inactivity.
- In the example corpus, halt often appears in combinations such as: to halt, halt the, halt to.
Example sentences (20)
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gave mayors the power to shut public squares from 9 p.m. to halt gatherings as he unveiled a further package of measures on Sunday to try to halt a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases.
While the U.S. imagined North Korea giving up its nukes all at once in exchange for concessions, North Korea wanted a phased “freeze-for-freeze” approach in which it would halt testing in exchange for a halt to U.S. military exercises in the region.
Johnson in a Texas speech agreed to halt all bombing if Ho Chi Minh would launch productive and meaningful discussions and if North Vietnam would not seek to take advantage of the halt; this was named the "San Antonio" formula.
A 5-10-minute halt at entry points will ensure smooth vehicular movement in the Himachal Pradesh capital reeling from acute traffic congestion during the peak tourist season.
A balance has to be found between trusting and scepticism, otherwise life would grind to a halt amid futile arguments.
According to sources in the Palestinian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, there was a sudden halt in services from the Gaza Strip, with reason unknown yet.
After a brief halt and reset during the last few seconds of the countdown, the unmanned Starship + Super Heavy stack lifted off like nothing ever before.
After hearing the case, the Division Bench decided to temporarily halt the CBI investigation that Justice Amrita Sinha had previously ordered.
Air Canada said this week it would halt six non-stop flights from Calgary at the end of October because of “resource pressures” due to an industry wide shortage of regional pilots.
Along with countless refugee and human rights groupsred flags about the plan and welcome the decision to halt it.
Amid a production halt during a double strike, major talent agency CAA is undergoing a round of layoffs.
And Hawaii Gov. Josh Green warns it could be “catastrophic” if tourism on the island came to a halt right now.
And third, what would be so awful about our too-big, too-profligate government grinding to a halt for a week or so?
Anthony Albanese says Scott Morrison's decision to halt a gas project while PM was dishonest.
Arunachal Pradesh has been witnessing rapid drying up of streams and rivers of late and if immediate steps are not taken to halt this impending catastrophe, the future generation would be deprived of water,” Dukam said.
A saracen armoured car screeched to a halt near him and more soldiers tumbled out through the clanking doors at its rear end.
As for the fight over a replacement that has ground the House to a halt for two weeks and counting?
As Gagin specified on his part, control of the town will enable Russian forces to halt the supply of the Ukrainian army with ammunition in Maryinka from where Donetsk is shelled.
A similar failure occurred in the backup function, which led to a halt of operations at its factories, it said.
A statement by Isiguzoro reads partly: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo, therefore, calls on Iba Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of the Yoruba nation to kindly use his revered office in bringing the situation to a halt.
Common combinations with halt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to halt 116×
- halt the 41×
- halt to 13×
- halt in 8×
- halt and 8×
- halt on 7×
- halt at 6×
- halt their 6×
- halt all 5×
- would halt 5×